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vacilar

/basiˈlaɾ/ verb C1
  1. to hesitate, waver, dither (UK), vacillate
  2. to enjoy (colloquial)
  3. to spy on (colloquial)
  4. to banter, kid, tease, rib, trick; to play a joke on, to pull someone's leg (colloquial)
  5. to saunter; to go out (colloquial, intransitive)
  6. to loiter (colloquial, intransitive)
  7. to have a superficial love relationship or fling (intransitive, slang)
  8. to do it; to be appealing · no me vacila it doesn't do it for me
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Verb forms

Infinitive
vacilar
Gerund
vacilando
Past participle
vacilado
Present (yo)
vacilo
Preterite (yo)
vacilé

From the library

Vaciló, pero el zorro le dijo:
Spanish Tales for Beginners, p. 4 · C1
Creo que me falta una fuerza esencial en el arte literario, la impersonalidad, entendiendo por ella la facultad de dominar las simpatías íntimas y afrontar la pintura de la vida con el escalpelo en la mano que no hace vacilar el rápido latir del corazón.
Juvenilia, p. 2 · C1
Los príncipes aceptaron sin vacilar y sólo pidieron que antes de partir se les indicara en qué debían consistir los regalos.
Cuentos populares en Chile, p. 65 · C1

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